Edmund f



@eine taten galant. ffirr.

`*To ALL WHoM'; 1T MAY oononnn:v

EDMUN D yF. SOHREINER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. t

IMPROVEMENT 1N UMBRELLAS.

@te tlgehute nfetnt tu in tigen @niet zrtmt mrt making 'part at ttt smut.

Be it `known that I, EDMUND F. SCHREINER, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, andState ot nils-souri,

have 4invented a new and useful Improvement on Umbrellas; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. k

The nature of my invention consists in a strip of clotu, m m, Figure 1, fastened around the umbrella near the'lower edge, and bent upward, so as to form a channel or gutter, which will receive the dripping water when the umbrella is used in rain, and'conduct the same to a point of escape. This strip of cloth is supported in the wantedposition by metal ribs c, fig. 1, bent in n suitable form, and connected with the main ribs, as shown-in Figure 2, allowing a motion around the latter, in order to lie flat to the umbrella. when the same is folded un, The ehanuel-strip is fastened to the ribs in u similar manner as the umbrella-cover tothe main ribs.

Alternately with the channel-ribs A, fig. 2, I use some of the form T, g. 6, \vhieh, being bent towards or from the main ribs, serve to regulate the strain in the channel-cloth. The latter is strengthened at the edge by v a seam, in which a thin cord is inserted. The umbrella-cloth may he strengthened by eyelets, w w, where the channel-ribs pass the same.

-At the point of escape, the ends of the ehannel-strip are fastened to the branches ot` a ring, shaped as shown in B B, Figure 3. This ring, stuck up loose on the channel-rib A, by means of the holes a a, and resting on the s'well or tight ring K, may be turned for the purpose of lying flat when the umbrella is'folded.

A small Indiarubber hose may also be attached to the spout or point of escape, through which the water must pass beforeescaping, thereby assuming a vertical direct-ion. This, however, is not considered essential.

Ou that side-of the handle which is nearest` to the point of escape, C, fig. 1, a convex-headed-small screw or tack, F, figs. 1 and 5, is let into the handle. By said mark the bearer will know, without the assistance of the eye, how to turnthc umbrella to have the water dripping from the spout before or behind his person, as the mark is turned from or towards his body. 4 v

One cheap variety of gutter-umbrellas maybe constructed as follows: Instead of attaehingav separate channel, the ends of the umbrella-ribs can he bent up, so that the lower part ot`"`the cover itself will forrn'thegutter. i

5 Now, be it known, that I dohnot connue myself to any particular material used for' the channel-strip. or

any particular method of fastening the channel to the umbrella; therefore,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An umbrella provided with a channel or conductor, secured to its lower outside edge, substantially as described. i 4

EDMUND F. SOHREINER.

.Witnesses:

WM. BLtEsNEn, E. SPANGENBERG. 

